It was on this day that John Harold Johnson (January 19, 1918 – August 8, 2005) was born. John H. Johnson was the founder of the Johnson Publishing Company, an international media and cosmetics empire headquartered in Chicago, Illinois that includes Ebony, and Jet magazines, Fashion Fair Cosmetics and EBONY Fashion Fair. Johnson was the first black person to appear on the Forbes 400 Rich List, and had a fortune estimated at close to $500 million.
Here is an interview of John H. Johnson and wife Eunice Johnson on The Lee Phillip Show from WBBM-TV Aired on 11/07/1982:
No comments :
Post a Comment